Elimination Chart
Note: Bottom 2 indicates that the contestant was 'saved' last. This may or may not indicate his or her actual vote rank.
| Female | Male | Top 24 | Top 12 | Winner |
| Safe | Top 2 | Safe First | Safe Last | Eliminated |
| Stage: | Semi-Finals | Finals | |||||||||||||
| Week: | 2/23 | 3/2 | 3/9 | 3/15 | 3/22 | 3/29 | 4/5 | 4/12 | 4/19 | 4/26 | 5/3 | 5/10 | 5/17 | 5/24 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Contestant | Result | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Taylor Hicks | Winner | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Katharine McPhee | Bottom 2 | Top 2 | Bottom 2 | Runner-Up | ||||||||||
| 3 | Elliott Yamin | Bottom 2 | Bottom 3 | Bottom 2 | Elim | ||||||||||
| 4 | Chris Daughtry | Bottom 2 | Top 2 | Elim | |||||||||||
| 5 | Paris Bennett | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Bottom 2 | Elim | ||||||||||
| 6 | Kellie Pickler | Elim | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Ace Young | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Elim | ||||||||||
| 8 | Bucky Covington | Bottom 2 | Elim | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Mandisa | Elim | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Lisa Tucker | Bottom 2 | Bottom 3 | Elim | |||||||||||
| 11 | Kevin Covais | Bottom 3 | Elim | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Melissa McGhee | Elim | |||||||||||||
| 13–16 | Gedeon McKinney | Elim | |||||||||||||
| Ayla Brown | |||||||||||||||
| Will Makar | |||||||||||||||
| Kinnik Sky | Bottom 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 17–20 | José "Sway" Penala | Elim | |||||||||||||
| David Radford | |||||||||||||||
| Heather Cox | |||||||||||||||
| Brenna Gethers | |||||||||||||||
| 21–24 | Patrick Hall | Elim | |||||||||||||
| Stevie Scott | |||||||||||||||
| Bobby Bennett | |||||||||||||||
| Becky O'Donohue | |||||||||||||||
Read more about this topic: American Idol (season 5)
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